All fluorescent lamps and tubes must be recycled or taken to a household hazardous waste disposal facility a universal waste handler e g storage facility or broker or an authorized recycling facility.
Fluorescent lamp disposal waste management.
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With waste management recycling goes beyond just bottles cans and paper.
Compact fluorescent lamps cfls.
You can call your local waste management and.
A hazardous waste collection event in your area will also accept energy efficient light bulbs for recycling.
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If neither of these are local to you one of the easiest options is taking your used cfls to any home depot ikea or lowe s store in your town.
Some things we are used to throwing away can often be safely recycled too from old tv remotes to batteries to compact fluorescent bulbs and more.
These regulations provide for management of hazardous wastes.
Used fluorescent and hid lamps may be classified as hazardous waste due to their mercury content and are thus regulated under the resource conservation and recovery act rcra.